Phillip Carter has written
a powerful column for
Slate about the latest military commissions wreckage. "A minor derailment of the Guantanamo trials turned into a full-fledged train wreck." Excerpt:
What’s clear after this incident [the I'm-not-giving-you-a-hearing contempt trial of chief defense counsel Brig. Gen. John G. Baker] is that the Guantanamo war courts have gone off the rails and broken down so completely that they cannot be repaired. They now labor under the weight of ethical dilemmas like this, years of delay, and confusion about basic rules that make any effort to move them forward impossible.
It is difficult to see when -- no,
whether -- Americans who lost loved ones in the 9/11 attacks will find closure.
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